Teddy's America
I recently read a post that included words of Teddy Roosevelt, "A person who says they are American, but something else also, isn't an American at all". That creates an extremely limited view of what an American is and shuts out the history of every human living within the areas of the USA. Teddy Roosevelt did a lot of good things for America, he is often recognized as one of our better presidents. However his statement has some issues. In his time there was no Irish American, just micks and paddy's, there was no African American, just negros and colored; there was no Asian American, just orientals. He believed in white superiority despite the fact that he did a few good deeds to support a select handful of blacks during his time as a leader. He definitely was not thinking of any Native American when he said American. The post also mentions that foreign flags are being raised everywhere. I have to remind myself here that every state has it's own flag, as well as...